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SubjectRe: [PATCH 7/7] trace: Update documentation for mono, mono_raw and boot clock
On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 11:26 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> * John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> wrote:
>
>> + boot: This is the boot clock (CLOCK_BOOTTIME) and is based on the
>> + fast monotonic clock, but also accounts for time spent in
>> + suspend. Since the clock access is designed for use in
>> + tracing in the suspend path, some side effects are possible
>> + if clock is accessed after the suspend time is accounted before
>> + the fast mono clock is updated. In this case, the clock update
>> + appears to happen slightly sooner than it normally would have.
>> + Also on 32-bit systems, its possible that the 64-bit boot offset
>> + sees a partial update. These effects are rare and post
>> + processing should be able to handle them. See comments on
>> + ktime_get_boot_fast_ns function for more information.
>
> s/its possible/it's possible
> s/comments on ktime_get_boost_fast_ns function/comments in the ktime_get_boost_fast_ns() function
>

Thanks, I'll fix these up and repost.

Regards,
Joel

> Thanks,
>
> Ingo

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